Maybe we could sweet-talk Craig into getting something put on the site
about using them? I don't know if he'd be willing/able to permit it (or
get it permitted), but we could ... do something like has been done with
the commons, at least. There is a little blurb up listed with their
list info that says:
*Important*
Since there are multiple projects in commons, please add [/projectname/
] at the beginning of the subject.
... and I can vouch for the fact that people use the [name] tags pretty
regularly. You most certainly could filter on it. The thing to do
would be to shun those who do not follow the convention. If someone
isn't willing to take the time to learn a communities
standards/conventions, are they really worthy of help? Of course, thats
a bit more coarse-grained than was proposed, and I rather like the tags
proposed, but maybe it's a suitable compromise.
So we'd have something like:
* [core]
* [validator]
* [tiles]
That's nowhere near as exhaustive, and wouldn't provide as fine-grained
control, but I think _anyone_ could manage to remember them ... It could
still be useful, I think. Any more exhaustive of a list would (IMHO)
need to be posted somewhere folks would see (and read!) when they sign
up for the list, if you want to hold them accountable for it to the
point you would shun them. I suppose a person could just email them a
list of tags and suggest (nicely) that they use them if they want
answers to questions ... but ...
My $0.02
Eddie
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Afternoon chaps!
My problem with starting these [topic] subject headers for our emails is that every
time a new person posts to the list you'll be going through the same hell telling
them how to format their headers correctly, (as well as how to search the archive,
how to phrase questions . . . .etc) To me it would be nice if everyone done this, but
chances are it's not going to happen. The few people who try to do it are going to
get annoyed that no one else does etc. Getting people to put half decent headers on
the emails would be a start. How many time have you seen things like help or
struts problem? Why else are these people posting to the group? These headers might
help with these problems, but I doubt it would ever be enough to filter your emails.
Totally agree that making 2 list will just encourage double posting too!
Regards
IV
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